I saw (500) Days of Summer on the tip that Zooey Deschanel (left) is our newest ‘It Girl.’ She’s a charmer– but if Zooey rises to one-name Farrah/Madonna/Britney heights of IT-dom, she’d better brace for bashing. It Girls have shorter shelf lives in this harsh Scandal-happy media culture. (‘Culture’ as in lo-fat yogurt: most It Girls last about as long).
True, Britney Spears’ behavior fueled the Britney-Bashing that accompanied her breakdowns and head-shavings (hauntingly, she claimed she was shaving her head so ‘no one will ever touch me again’). But can we totally blame a young woman who’s been, as she sings in Piece of Me, ‘Miss American Dream since I was seventeen”? Britney’s on the Rebound– or is she back to Backlash? I can’t keep up!
I only hope the new It Girls will wise up. Zooey D. seems down-to-earth and unafraid to show her smarts. So is the talented dynamic young actress (above, right) just cast to play the lead in Bravo Sierra’s short film CELEBRITIES IN DISGRACE. Take a look at PATRICE BUNCH (plus her clips / her Stanley Cuba ). Who is your own nominee for future It Girl? I’m betting on Zooey and Patrice and seeing in them a stronger savvier generation of, well, ‘It Women’.
PS: The eternal It Woman, Marge Simpson, joins the ranks of the racy & ‘disgraced’ by posing nude in Playboy. Thanks, Mark, for this news flash!
photos: Zooey D: woodchipped.wordpress.com; Patrice B.: actorsaccess.com
I vote for Emma Roberts (NANCY DREW) as the next It Girl. She’s the daughter of Eric Roberts and niece of Julia Roberts.
Dakota Fanning is blossoming from It Little Girl to It Girl.
Katie Cassidy, daughter of David Cassidy, is making waves on the new “Melrose Place.”
The next question should be: Who’s the real sexiest man alive in Hollywood? I vote for Callum Keith Rennie of “Battlestar Galactica” and “Californication” fame. Wow-wee!
Love these choices, Caitlin! Katie Cassidy– got to check her out; i always thought David C. could be improved in female form–
As for Sexiest Man– I like your choice but my own would be the guy who plays Young Spock in the hot new STAR TREK
(Young Kirk is not bad too…)
E.
Chris Pine, who plays Kirk in the rebooted STAR TREK, is the son of “Chips” actor Robert Pine (the Police Sergeant).
Makes you wonder if anyone can make it in Hollywood these days — in front of or behind the camera — if they’re not related to someone. I think the ones who establish themselves, without any family support or connections, are few and far between. I call them the Seabiscuits of Hollywood — longshots no one sees coming or roots for at first.
I myself love a good underdog!
Yes, I was just noticing that two of your worthy It Girl nominees have Hollywood pedigrees too–
hmmm; I thought that Kirk looked familiar…
Anyway, you and I do achieve Vulcan Mind Meld on the celeb. issues of our day– & i agree with you too about those all-too-rare Seabiscuits of Show Biz… E
NOOOOO! I’m appalled to learn that Marge Simpson stooped to pose for Playboy! She has the smarts to be anything she wants… there’s no question she’s the better half when it comes to her and Homer! But to bare her bits for Playboy? That puts her on the same level as Levi Johnston. What kind of message is she sending to her two daughters? It’s okay to undress and let strangers photograph you, and then allow them to peddle your image so men can ogle you while they yank the crank? Maggie, that pre-pubescent feminist, who’s undoubtedly smarter than her parents combined, will be reeling when she finds out, and surely she will because nothing gets past this girl. What will Marge tell the innocent, binky-loving Lisa when she gets old enough to understand sexism?
Marge Simpson sold out: the world has gone mad.
I just had to get that off my chest.
The next It Girl: Ellen Page from “Juno” and, more recently, “Whip It.”
Wow– good points here about Marge & co.– yes, What Would Maggie Say?! And a big YES too to Ellen Page from JUNO–
I loved her too in the less-watched SMART PEOPLE– perfect for her because I love how smart she looks & sounds; she talks exactly like a young Jodie Foster– like Jodie at her best back in ALICE DOESN’T LIVE HERE ANYMORE & TAXI DRIVER–
And one other ‘rogue’ nominee for It Girl:
Olympia Snowe; You go, O. Snowe!
i like the photos today. looks like your film hit on a winner. my vote for “it girl” is the star of “a good wife”, best new star of the TV year.
Hi JEFF–
Glad you like the photos and yes, I feel like Patrice Bunch is a great choice. I think the actress you are mentioning is Julianne Margolis– she was the star of a film co-written by Celebs in Disgrace director Matthew Quinn Martin: SLINGSHOT.
Check it out and keep the comments coming– ELizabeth
Hmm, “it girl”, isn’t that kinda dehumanizing?
Going to reveal my age here, but my favorite It Girl of all time was the Julie Newmar, the robot in My Living Doll.
Several eons worth of fifteen minutes ago, of course, so a bit off topic.
Ooh– Not at all off-topic: JULIE NEWMAR RULES!
She was one of my FIRST ‘it girls’– not in Living Doll but in the TV classic BATMAN–
Sexiest ’60s TV Scene of All Time:
BATMAN and CAT-WOMAN JULIE NEWMAR (the original and best Catwoman; sorry, Eartha Kitt)– grappling together on that Bat-rope thingy, dangling off a skyscraper, Julie in her skin-tight CatWoman basic-black and Batman in his mask…
E.
hey how do i subscribe? nice stars and comments on this one.
Thanks Kelly–
I agree I’ve enjoyed the comments and ‘nominees’ this week–
so to keep in touch, just keep checking in–
and thanks for your comment too– E.
Is Penelope Cruz too old to be IT?
If so, I go for Evan Rachel Wood. Youth, mystery and gravitas.
Hi Lise–
NO– PENELOPE C. is a Timeless It Girl–
love her!
Will have to check out Evan Rachel Wood– love the
mysterious name and would be nice to see a girl with gravitas–
Also nice to get It Girl nominations from the author of an
IT GIRL book of the season–
GIRL IN THE ARENA
(Blogsters, check out the link on our sidebar)–
cheers–
E.
I bet on Kristen Kreuk to be the new future “It” girl! You gotta love her!
Hi Lalal–
Thanks for this nomination– yes, Kristen Kreuk! Will have to get her up in a future It Girl post.
Thanks for stopping by–
Elizabeth
She is lovely, i like her.
one of the most beautiful women in internetu.to Maybe Not everyone’s opinion, but honestly
Hi Amaterke–
Yes, you put it very well: she is lovely, and not to everyone’s taste. Which I think is because her beauty and style have a very distinctive one-of-a-kind quality. Which is my own favorite brand of beauty.
Thanks for reading and stopping by; hope to hear from you again–
Elizabeth